Day 1: HTML and such: Hypertext Markup Language or HTML is the language of the web.
Simple, step-by-step directions for learning a little hyper text markup language (HTML), the language of the Web. Just like you learn arithmetic before you learn how to use a calculator, we will learn a little HTML before you learn how to use a Web Editor to create web pages.
When you use your browser to look at web sites, you are really looking at HTML files. So if you want to develop web sites you need to learn something about HTML. Of course any sane person these days wouldn't go to the trouble of learning HTML; they would just use a Web editor programs to do the work for them. And later in the guide, we are going to do exactly that. However, there are advantages to learning and teaching something about HTML first:
It's fun and kids can do it
Like math, it teaches you to think symbolically
It teaches you to control computers rather than merely using them
It's very engaging - Instant Feedback! - and channels creativity
When you do use a web editor it will make a lot more sense
It's the basis of the Web.
And as we said earlier, while you may use a calculator for most of the math you do, you still know how to do it by hand because you've learned arithmetic. Using a Web editor is like using a calculator; learning HTML is like learning arithmetic. Before we learn how to use a calculator, we're going to learn arithmetic. So let's set ourselves down, take a little time, and turn ourselves into a Web Heads. These are the Five Easy Pieces:
Files
Words
Pictures
Color
Links
We can just read about these Five Easy Pieces, but we will have more fun and learning it ourselves. We will just follow the steps; it's really pretty simple.
Hypertext Markup Language or HTML is the language of the web.
Simple, step-by-step directions for learning a little hyper text markup language (HTML), the language of the Web. Just like you learn arithmetic before you learn how to use a calculator, we will learn a little HTML before you learn how to use a Web Editor to create web pages.
When you use your browser to look at web sites, you are really looking at HTML files. So if you want to develop web sites you need to learn something about HTML.
Of course any sane person these days wouldn't go to the trouble of learning HTML; they would just use a Web editor programs to do the work for them. And later in the guide, we are going to do exactly that.
However, there are advantages to learning and teaching something about HTML first:
- It's fun and kids can do it
- Like math, it teaches you to think symbolically
- It teaches you to control computers rather than merely using them
- It's very engaging - Instant Feedback! - and channels creativity
- When you do use a web editor it will make a lot more sense
- It's the basis of the Web.
And as we said earlier, while you may use a calculator for most of the math you do, you still know how to do it by hand because you've learned arithmetic. Using a Web editor is like using a calculator; learning HTML is like learning arithmetic. Before we learn how to use a calculator, we're going to learn arithmetic.So let's set ourselves down, take a little time, and turn ourselves into a Web Heads. These are the Five Easy Pieces:
- Files
- Words
- Pictures
- Color
- Links
We can just read about these Five Easy Pieces, but we will have more fun and learning it ourselves. We will just follow the steps; it's really pretty simple.